The International Mathematics Competition for University Students has been held annually since 1994. This year, 447 students from 135 universities around the world participated. The University of Bonn team also achieved outstanding results in the individual competition: Lennart Christian Grabbel placed fourth in the ranking and, like Samuel Meyer, won a coveted Grand First Prize. Boldiszàr Mann, Paul Jakob Schmidt, and David Streun were awarded gold medals; Cedric Friedrich received a silver medal; and Birgit Veldi was awarded a bronze medal.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Lawk Mineh, a postdoctoral researcher at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Bonn, who served as team captain for the Bonn team, graded the problems, and filed appeals on behalf of the German team regarding the scoring.
Almost every year, the team of math students from Bonn is among the top five teams at the IMC in Blagoevgrad. In recent years, many of its current members have represented Germany at the annual International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) for school students and then decided to study mathematics in Bonn. The Bonn team is supported by the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) and by QuantCo. At the HCM, excellent support for young talent at all career levels is of high priority, from early support for children in the Bonn Math Club to the Hausdorff School for doctoral students and postdocs to the Bonn Junior Fellows.